beaten

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Within weeks, the former defender with a salt-and-pepper beard had pulled off a draw against Atlético Madrid and somehow beaten Barcelona.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

But you also shouldn’t count out LeBron; the kid from Akron has beaten the odds before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But having beaten Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals and held off a fight back from world number two Luke Humphries to win a thrilling semi-final 6-5, Clayton proved a challenge too far.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Thatcher shot back, “they might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

It looked like it was made of beaten gold, complete with delicate roses and a glittering butterfly whose wings reminded Aru of stained glass.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi